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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
protein
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
prealbumin levels
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
2. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
day week or month
can consume more calories without weight gain
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
2 cups
3. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
apple is higher risk than a pear
cream cheese - cream or butter
4. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
liver and intestinal synthesis
antioxidant - immune function
protein and fat
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
5. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
trans fatty acid
pregnant women or elderly
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
6. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
low albumin levels < 3.4
protein and fat
5.5 ounces/day
2 cups
7. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
3 cups
fats
atrophy or wasting of muscle
8. What function is vitamin D?
2.5 cups
one week period
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
atrophy or wasting of muscle
9. What type of people need extra protein?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
4 calories/gram
10. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
milk - enriched grains
day week or month
dietary approach to stop hypertension
11. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
vitamin K
pregnant women or elderly
rickets - osteomalacia
diet recall
12. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
protein
fat soluble vitamins
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
13. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
dietary approach to stop hypertension
trans fatty acid
liver and intestinal synthesis
14. What is normal BMI?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
4 calories/gram
18-25
15. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
2 cups
pregnant women or elderly
dairy and fortified foods
can consume more calories without weight gain
16. Where can you get more vitamin D?
fats
vitamin K
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
dairy and fortified foods
17. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
protein
apple is higher risk than a pear
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
18. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
dairy and fortified foods
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
19. What is RDA of protein?
essential amino acids
300 cal/day increase
dietary approach to stop hypertension
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
20. What is normal albumin levels?
milk - enriched grains
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
21. What does DASH stand for?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
cream cheese - cream or butter
dietary approach to stop hypertension
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
22. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
4 calories/gram
vitamin K
one week period
hemoglobin
23. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
3 cups
liver and intestinal synthesis
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
24. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
diet recall
cream cheese - cream or butter
transferrin
3 cups
25. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
6 oz. a day
transferrin
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
trans fatty acid
26. What is the function of vitamin C?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
6 oz. a day
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
essential amino acids
27. Name six sources of grains
one tspn salt or less
hemorrhage
fats
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
28. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
300 cal/day increase
cream cheese - cream or butter
2 cups
29. How many calories/gram is protein?
4 calories/gram
dietary approach to stop hypertension
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
30. When does BMR decrease?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
2.5 cups
antioxidant - immune function
31. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
hemorrhage
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
32. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
B and C
antioxidant - immune function
starches - sugars - and cellulose
33. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
B and C
low albumin levels < 3.4
3 cups
34. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
review of systems
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
vitamin C - citrus fruits
4 calories/gram
35. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
trans fatty acid
rickets - osteomalacia
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
36. Sources of fats
2.5 cups
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
trans fatty acid
apple is higher risk than a pear
37. Fats can lead to some medical problems
atrophy or wasting of muscle
18-25
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
38. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
protein
prealbumin levels
dairy and fortified foods
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
39. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
hemorrhage
dietary approach to stop hypertension
essential amino acids
albumin levels
40. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
liver and intestinal synthesis
rickets - osteomalacia
dietary approach to stop hypertension
6 oz. a day
41. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
review of systems
liver and intestinal synthesis
2.5 cups
transferrin
42. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
day week or month
3 cups
essential amino acids
protein
43. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
carrots and sweet potatoes
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
fats
4 calories/gram
44. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
one tspn salt or less
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
protein
45. What are healthy sources of fats?
apple is higher risk than a pear
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
hemorrhage
46. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
4 calories/gram
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
carrots and sweet potatoes
decrease in total lymphocyte count
47. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
B and C
starches - sugars - and cellulose
fat soluble vitamins
fats
48. What is the function of vitamin E?
antioxidant - immune function
diet recall
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
dietary approach to stop hypertension
49. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
pregnant women or elderly
4 calories/gram
fats
milk - enriched grains
50. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
one tspn salt or less
starches - sugars - and cellulose
3.5-5.5 grams/dL